Useful websites:
British History Online British History Online is the digital library containing some of the core printed primary and secondary sources for the medieval and modern history of the British Isles. Created by the Institute of Historical Research and the History of Parliament Trust, it aims to support academic and personal users around the world in their learning, teaching and research.

Philippa Gregory addresses the Historical Novel Society. Fact or Fiction? She argued that the historical novel is an art form, based on the author’s selection of facts and the construction of a narrative. Imagination with insight can be a greater truth than the facts which historians have failed to record.

(I disagreed with her statement that, pre-1920, all history was recorded by men. One of my favourite periods, Baroque France, lives on in the memoirs and letters of Mme de Sevigné, Ninon de L’Enclos, Louise Elisabeth d’Orléans, Mme de Maintenon, and Mme de Staal.) Otherwise, a brilliant and inspiring lecture.

Sadly, the video of this keynote speech has now been blocked on the internet by an organisation called ‘mbn’ due to ‘copyright’ issues.